Brazil's Supreme Court mandated that former President Jair Bolsonaro wear an ankle monitor and cease social media communications. These restrictions follow a search of Bolsonaro's home and party headquarters. The measures aim to prevent his potential flight to the US, where relations with Trump complicate the situation. Bolsonaro faces trial for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2022 election results. He labeled the court's measures as humiliating. Trump's proposed tariffs on Brazilian imports have been positioned as political pressure against Brazilian authorities regarding their investigation of Bolsonaro.
Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to wear an ankle monitor and stop using social media amid an ongoing investigation into his actions following the 2022 election.
The measures aim to prevent Bolsonaro from fleeing to the US, where Trump has threatened steep tariffs on Brazilian imports to ease legal pressure on him.
Bolsonaro labeled the court's actions as his 'supreme humiliation' while asserting that he never considered fleeing the country.
Trump's controversial proposed tariffs on Brazilian imports were framed as a political maneuver aimed at influencing Brazilian authorities to drop their case against Bolsonaro.
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